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Peter Anderson – 10 October 2021: Orthodox in Rome, possible second Kirill-Francis meeting & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
Peter Anderson – 4 October 2021: Bartholomew and Hilarion at the Vatican & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
The Workings of Eastern Catholic Churches part 5
Details with the hands of an old woman lighting a candle inside a christian orthodox church in Romania. Do Eastern Catholic Churches have religious orders like the Roman Catholic Church? What about nuns and religious brothers? The religious orders of the Eastern Catholic Churches are quite different from [...]
The Workings of Eastern Catholic Churches part 4
Details with the hands of an old woman lighting a candle inside a christian orthodox church in Romania. The pastor of the Melkite Church near me is an archimandrite – what is that? The title of Archimandrite is an honorary title that is granted to a priest who [...]
Peter Anderson – 24 September 2021: Moscow may accept jurisdiction over certain African priests & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
The Workings of Eastern Catholic Churches part 3
Details with the hands of an old woman lighting a candle inside a christian orthodox church in Romania. What is a patriarch? A patriarch is a bishop chosen to lead a particular church. In rank he is just below the pope and above the cardinals. He is a [...]
Peter Anderson – 17 September 2021: Moscow conference on primacy & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
The Workings of Eastern Catholic Churches part 2
Details with the hands of an old woman lighting a candle inside a christian orthodox church in Romania. What do you mean by "different church structures"? Within the Eastern Catholic Churches the organization or "structure" of the church is quite variable. There are four types of church structures: [...]
The Workings of Eastern Catholic Churches part 1
Details with the hands of an old woman lighting a candle inside a christian orthodox church in Romania. Are the Eastern Churches "under" the Pope? The easy answer is yes – sort of. According to canon law, the pope has jurisdiction over all the churches. How this jurisdiction [...]
Peter Anderson – 5 Septmeber 2021: A sad day in Montenegro & other news
Peter Anderson reports from the Orthodox world. Longstanding reporter of the news from the Eastern Church, Peter Anderson shares our dream of a unified Christianity. His love for Orthodoxy has driven him to this personal mission to share the news of East with the world through his email list. The [...]
